Democracy as Discussion Civic Education and

Using primary sources from archives around the country, Democracy as Discussion traces the early history of the Speech field, the development of discussion as an alternative to debate, and the Deweyan, Progressive philosophy of discussion that swept the United States in the early twentieth century.

William M. Keith is associate professor of communication at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

Acknowledgments	p. xi
Abbreviations	p. xiii
Introduction	p. 1
Teaching Speech, Teaching Democracy	p. 17
Origins of Speech Pedagogy	p. 19
Contest Debating and Civic Pedagogy	p. 59
John Dewey and the Turn to Discussion	p. 89
Teaching Discussion	p. 113
The First Wave: Discussion Educators Emerge	p. 115
The Second Wave: Discussion Pedagogy Comes of Age	p. 151
The Demise of Discussion	p. 193
The Forum Movement	p. 211
The Development of the American Forum	p. 213
Adult Education and the Civic Mission	p. 241
The Federal Forum Project	p. 277
Conclusion	p. 331
Bibliography	p. 343
Index	p. 358
About the Author	p. 363
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